• Home
  • Cardboard Citizens

Cardboard Citizens

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard
Books

This book proves the margins of society are not silent – they’re full of voices bursting to be heard

Now set to be a stage show as well as an anthology, the Cardboard Citizens project is telling even more, surprising, urgent stories

No experience of homelessness is the same. That’s why we’re giving people space to tell their stories
Theatre

No experience of homelessness is the same. That’s why we’re giving people space to tell their stories

More Than One Story: The Anthology is a bold new project showcasing the creative brilliance of writers with lived experience of homelessness and poverty

14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets
Homelessness

14 years of austerity left many feeling grateful simply not to be on the streets

In the final More Than One Story film in the series director Chris Sonnex calls for justice, fairness and change

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged
Homelessness

The London housing market has become an absurdist sport. The game is rigged

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration
Homelessness

This is how we break the cycle of homelessness and incarceration

Advertisement
LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking
Homelessness

LGBTQ+ homelessness is a topic that’s deeply personal for me – it’s heartbreaking

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless
Homelessness

I had no idea that overcrowding was a form of homelessness – I had no idea I was homeless

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can’t breed where the light shines
Homelessness

The boiling frog of domestic abuse – and why shame can’t breed where the light shines

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?
Letters

Letters: How can we have a four-day week when some of us are working seven?

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?
Homelessness

How many times have we walked by people, men and women, lying on the streets?

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism
Homelessness

Our right to housing is dependent on our immigration status – that’s the definition of racism

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals
Homelessness

Homeless people need more than sandwiches – they need and deserve to be seen as individuals

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story
Film

Big Issue and Cardboard Citizens present new film series showing homelessness is more than one story

Emilia Teglia’s journey from Big Issue vendor to founding a theatre company
Theatre

Emilia Teglia’s journey from Big Issue vendor to founding a theatre company